Multiple-payment check.



G. MjLunLow.

MULTIPLE PAYMENT CHECK.

APPLICATION'FILED SPT 30| 19N.

Patented Sept. 19,` 1916.

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MULTIPLELPAYMENT CHECK To all @hom-fit may Concern:

Beit known thatI, GEORGE M. LUnLoW, a citizen -of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 'in Multiple-Payment Checks, of which the folloiving is a specification.

' My invention relates in general to bank checks and more 'particularly to a check so constructed that a single check may be used .by one having an account in a bank to pay y a 'plurality of debts.

According to the method now-iii general use in banking institutions, it is necessary that one having an account in'abank must draw a separate check upon the bank in pay` i ment of each separateV debtor of the drawer of the check. This practice imposes a -great deal of labor upon one who has ay number of monthly accounts to pay, as a separate check must be drawn, a separate envelop addressed, and a separate stamp,' of course, used, in o'rderto settle each account by a check drawn on the debtor ivlio-has funds deposited.

It is obvious that lany bank which would' put into use a check so constructed that the depositors of the bankcould pay a number of accounts by drawin'g a single -check upon the bank would greatly increase the volulne of its business, as the-number of its depositors would be largely increased by persons anxious to avail themselves of the use of such labor-saving checks.. v

The primary object of my invention is to provide a check so constructed that a single-- ne may be used by a depositor of a bank employing such forni oi check to pay a plurality of debts, thereby obviating the necessity of a separate check being; made for each of the parties to ivliom a bank depositor desires to make a payment.

further object of my invention is to provide a form of multiplepa'yment check, the use of Which will so snbserve the convenence of bank depositors that the business of a bank employing such form of check ivill be increased by the addition to its de positors of those desiring to avail themselves of the benefits derived from the use ot such :t check.

The 'drawing represents one of my improved multiple checks. The part A at the,

' Specification of Letters` Patent. .Patente-d Sept 19, 1916, Application lelil- September 3 0, 1914.. ,Serial 110,864,289. I

f left of the form illustrated is a stub or permanent record andfis preferably separated -by a perforated or weakened lineV l from the remainder 'of -tlie-ori1i. 'A plurality of v formssuch as illustrated, 'may -bel bound together 'in book form as usual-*with checks of the ordinaryA kindyin which case the stubs or |permanent records 'Will beretained in the covers after thedetachable part of the form has been detached and used.lv

The detachable part of the check form-at the right of the perforated or weakened line 1 Ycons istslof two parts,`Bfand C which tivo parts may `al-so, if desired, be separated by a perforated .or weakened line located as in- :dicated bythe numeral 2.

The ,part `B of the form consists of .an orderupon the bank in which the depositor has an ac'count,lto payto -itself from the-depositoi"s account a ydesignated amount for which blank-spaces 'are provided, as usual,

-on' ordinary check forms and this part of the form also contains directions that the amount which 'the bank is to pay to itselfdepositors.' account is to befrom the credited to the several parties designated so; A

uponthe part Cof the 'form in the amounts there designated, it' being understood, of

course, that the amount which the'b'ankisy chants, or'otliers with Wliom the depositor ordinarily vhas V business .'accounts, with appropriate ruling and blank spaces 'opposite the respective-names -Yforfthe insertion of such amounts as the depositor; desires to pay to said. parties. As lindtate'cl in the illustration, the p'artC of the checkisalso provided iyith'a ruled yportion'left blank for the insertion of naines of other parties'than those Whose names are'print'led to Whom the depositor mayv desire to make payments, these blank spaces being'rvalso provided with dollar and cent .columns similar to those appearing opposite the printed names for the insertion -of ,tl-1e desired amounts.

The partA of the check form to the left of the perforatedor weakened line l, is provided at its'iipperpOrtOn with` blank spaces for. the number.' 'of the multiple paymentl check, for the date, and kwith a series ofblank spaces for the insertion of the names I of the parties to Whom credits or payments are .designated upon the partC of the check,

i and also with dollarf-*an'd cent columns for theiinsertion of the amounts so designated p.

to bepaid'or credited.

As above indicated, my improved multiple check form is designedl to be used in a transaction wherein a bank dcpositor linstead of making separate vchecks to each of the parties to whom he desires to make payment, merely directs the bank to vcredit these several parties -With the desired amounts and to deduct the total of said amounts, from the depositors account. Assuming,

'. for illustration, that the depositor desires in ment check, he would total the payments directed andwould insert the total, $75.00

in the spaces therefor provided. in the part B of the multiple. payment check and would date, vnumber and sign the same. Thereupon, for his permanent record, he would enter the number and date of the multiple payment check upon the stub A of the form and in the space 4therefor provided at the lower part of the stub-A would enter the names of' A. Anderson, Banks and Smith, Gault Market, and. J; Fisher with the respective amounts opposite these names as appearing upon the part C of themultiple vpayment check.- The depositor would thereupon send the multiple payment check to his bank, thus enabling the bank to carry out the desired transaction o f paying *the several parties the amounts designated without putting the depositor to the trouble of writing separate checks for each of said parties and sending. them to such parties.

Upon receipt of sucha multiple check, the bank would proceed as in all cases Where it vis authorized to transfer vfunds from the' account of one` depositor to-that of another, or to make payment on behalf of one of itsdepositors to .a party not a depositor. In

the case of a payee of the multiple check being a depositor in the same'bank the ,transacl. ion would simply be one of bookkeeping wherein thebank would transfer the amount designated from the a ccount of Vthe Plyel y to that of the payee, informing the payee that his account had .been soi' credited b v payment made by the payeri In thc case of v L payment check lmultiple payment check is desir:

who are not depositors inthe v.saine bank, the bank would sin'iply hold the' amount te the credit ofthe payees, informing them. that it held such amoifints to thcircredit .for such disposition as the payees might The transactions in which my' used are not imlividually of a nox. actor, but the of my impr-c payment check renders it possibie to facilitate such ransactions and in -them on upon a much larger scale 'than heretofore, thus saving time and labor upon the part -of the depositor `as well as the bank itself. Thesaving of time to the depositorresults from obviating thc necessity of inaking a large number of separate chccks,'and a saving of labor is effected on the part of the bank in the fact that the entriv of a single debit item in a depositors account is substituted for thc entry of the man)v items appearing upon a large number of checks. It wi-ll be further evident that the adoption by banking institutions of my improved multiple payment check will lead to a large increase in the business of such banking institutions, owing tothe desire of those who pay their accounts by checks to availv themselves of the advantages in the saviunr of time and expenses incident to the payment of a plurality of debts by the drawing and transmission of a single rheck. It will be also seen that the business of lmnking institutions employing my improved multiple payment check will be further increased b v securing as depositors many of the creditors to whom it is directed to distribute funds by its depositors, as it would obviously be to the advantage of such creditors to have accounts in the banking institutions in which dcposits'aremade to their credit by their customers.A Iuasmurfh. however, as in v invention resides in the form of multiple payment check herein illustrated and described, it is not necessary to dwell at length upon the .many points in which the transactions between a bank and its depositors are simplified, the foregoing, however. indicating in a-general way the. convenience which rcsults from vthe use of an)v means to facilitate an extension of the transaction of busirmss directly through a bank and without individual checks'or other dealings directly betweenthe depositors.

vThat I claim is:

l. A bank check having thereon a space for the signature of the drawer and comprising a plurality7 Yof parts, one part bearing thereonthe name of abank and containing instructions to the 'bank to charge al total amount to the accountof the Vdrawer and to distribute to a plurality of parties specified individual amounts, the sum of which equals said total amount, and another partl of said check comprising spaces for the names of said parties to ivliom amounts are to be distributed, and for the insertionot' the individual amounts to be distributed to said parties.

prising` a plurality ofv sections, one section bearing thereon tlie'naine of' a bank and containing instructions to tliebank to charge a total amount tothe account ot' t-lie dra\ver,'

and to distribute to a plurality of parties specified individualv amounts, the sum of which equals said total amount, a second section comprising'spaces for the names of said parties to ivliom distributions are to be made and for the insertion ot' the individual amounts to be distributed to said parties, a third section to be retained by the drawer comprising spaces for duplicate records of.

the naines ot' said plurality ot' parties and ofthe individual amounts, to be distributed to them, and means detacliably connecting said irst and second sections ivitli said thirdequals'said total amount, and having spaces foi-'the signature of the depositor and for the insertion ot' the total amount equal to the sum of the amounts to be disbursed, another part comprising spaces for the naines .of the parties to Whom disbursements are to be made and for the insertion of the individual amounts to be disbursed to said parties, and a third part to be reta-inedby the depositor comprising spaces for records4 of the names of the plurality of parties and of A bank check havingl thereon a space tor the signature ot' the draiver .and coni-I the individual amounts them.,

l. A device for use in disbursing to a plurality of parties moneys deposited with a bank, consisting of separable parts to be re spectively transmittedito th'ebank and to be retained by 'the depositor, the part to be transmitted to the bankV having thereon the .name of the bank and-instructions to the bank'. to charge a total 'amount to the acto Vbe disbursed to count ot' the depositor and to distribute tov i a plurality of parties specified individual aniounts'tlie sinn of which equals said total amount and comprising spaces for the signature of tliede-positor, for the insertion of the tota1"amouiit equal to the sum of the amounts to be disbursed, for the designations of the parties to whomy disbursements are to b e made, and vfor the insertion of the individual amounts to be disbursed to -s'aid parties, and the' partto beretained by the deposit'or comprising spacesv for records of the designations of the plurality of parties and for the individual amounts to be dis-- bu-i'sed to them. v

5. A device for use in disbursing to a plurality of parties moneys deposited with a bank, consi-sting of a torni comprising spaces for 'the signature of the depositor, the names of tlie payees, the individual amounts to'be disbursed to'said payees, and tlie total of said individual amounts, and hav-ing tliereon an order on the said bank to credit the designated individual amounts to the i'espectively designated payees and to charge the said total amount to .thel account of said depositor.

` In testimony whereof have subscribed my name.

GEORGE M. LUDLOV'. qWitnesses Gno. L. 'YILiiiNsoN, HENRY A. Paints'.- 

